BARCO’s Avionics CDMS Selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems for C-27J Spartan Aircraft
LE BOURGET, FRANCE, June 12, 1999 -- BARCO Display Systems has been selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems (LMAS), Marietta, GA, USA, to supply an initial series of 30 Control Display Management Systems (CDMS) to be integrated into the new C-27J aircraft. The C-27J Spartan is a medium tactical transport aircraft being developed by LMAS and Alenia Aerospazio, Divisione Aeronautica (Alenia). Lockheed Martin Corporation and Finmeccanica S.p.A., the parent companies of LMAS and Alenia, have formed a joint venture company, Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS), headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, USA, to manage the C-27J Program worldwide.
LMAS selected the BARCO CDMS (ICDU) because it guarantees a form/fit/function with the CNI-MU, currently delivered for the Lockheed C-130J. Additionally, the ICDU has FAA/JAA TSO certification, and the software meets DO178B level B. It has full color possibilities during day and night mode. In night mode, the ICDU is compliant with NVIS B. The ICDU also offers the flexibility to add additional interfaces and external software download. It is part of the avionics suite being provided by Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems to LMAS.BARCO’s CDMS is a compact lightweight Control Display and Management System with a sunlight-readable 3”x4” Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD), providing high brightness, excellent contrast, and reduced volume with low power consumption. NVIS B and NVIS A are optional. Different sizes of keyboard panels are available, allowing the CDMS to fit into various avionics architectures for both new and retrofit aircraft. Moreover, the CDMS is designed with passive cooling, thus ensuring high reliability while maintaining low life cycle cost at the same time, even in harsh operating environments.
The CDMS hardware is fully modular, to allow flexibility of functionality as well as performance growth. The software, mainly based on the Ada language, has been developed using object-oriented design techniques to guarantee the highest possible modularity, maintainability, reusability, robustness and safety of the system. This will enable customers to be in control of the software functions and performance. The software meets DO-178B Level B.
Delivery of the BARCO ICDU is expected to begin in December of 1999. This equipment will be part of the base avionics package on all future C-27J aircraft.
About BarcoView:
BarcoView with operation facilities in Kortrijk (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Atlanta, Georgia and Portland, Oregon (USA) designs and manufactures high-resolution display systems, displays, graphics controllers and display subsystems for highly demanding niche markets such as C4I, avionics, vessel and air traffic control, vehicle electronics, and medical imaging applications.
Alongside Barco Projection Systems and BarcoVision, BarcoView is one of the three strategic activities of the BARCO Group, which are all active in Image Processing. Barco Projection is in various markets of large screen visualization, whereas BarcoVision develops systems for visual inspection and quality control. In 2000, the entire BARCO group delivered a turnover of euro 751 million. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company and is member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
